Dearborn, MI Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Section 11-321, part of Dearborn's short-term rental division (Ord. No. 25-1847, effective January 1, 2026), makes the owner and local agent of each STR jointly responsible for four safety items. Subsection (a) requires smoke detectors/alarms in every STR, and (b) places them in each sleeping room, immediately outside sleeping areas, and on every additional story including basements and cellars, but not crawl spaces or uninhabitable attics. 1504d. Subsection (d) requires a fire extinguisher in the kitchen and near each outdoor cooking device. Subsection (e) separately bans tampering with any of these devices.

The safety-equipment obligation is reinforced at the application stage: § 11-314(b)(8) requires the owner to certify under oath that every bedroom has a working smoke and carbon monoxide detector and that the owner or local agent checks those devices "at least every 90 days to ensure they are unexpired and in working order," and § 11-314(b)(9) requires a similar certification for the fire extinguisher. The Department of Economic Development enforces the division, alongside Dearborn Police, Fire, and Public Works under § 11-327, and the property must also pass a compliance inspection before a certificate issues or renews under § 11-314(d) and (16).